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London Youth Rowing - Coaches Required!
London Youth Rowing are looking for several coaches to develop community programmes, including indoor rowing in schools, youth clubs and also some on the water rowing at one of the London Youth Rowing Centres across London.
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Read the full storyJ14 Record Broken Again
Earlier this week, whilst doing a trial run, Tim Livingstone set a new British J14 Record of 1,248m in 4 minutes. Today in the planned atempt he managed 1m further!
Not many people have broken the same record twice in one week - congratulations to Tim.
Read the full storyJames Cracknell Injured in Road Accident
Just days into his latest challenge, James Cracknell is in hospital having suffered a head fracture after being knocked off his bike in Arizona. A spokeswoman for the star said: "He is conscious and his condition is stable. Doctors have said he is making very good progress."
All at Concept2 wish him a quick recovery. More on this story on the BBC website
Read the full storyRecords, Records, Records!
What a week for indoor rowing records- with another two British and one World record having been updated on the website today. Roger Brown & Julian Norton completed a 24 hour tandem row in aid of the Herriot Hospice and in the process not only broke the World record with a distance of 364,464m but also raised over £9,000.
Last month Georgina Price of the Forum Flyers broke Carol Woodard's half marathon British record in the 50-59 Lwt category, this week she did it again in the full marathon, beating Anne Yate's previous record by 3 minutes and 6 seconds finishing in 3:07:44.
In a trial run for a record attempt tomorrow Tim Livingstone of Tiffin School rowed 1,248m in 4 minutes to break the J14 British Record by 21m. Not content with having broken the record, the original attempt will still take place tomorrow and could see him go even further.
Read the full storyWorld Record Row Virtual Map
Many of you will know by now that Dave Holby is currently rowing around the world on his Concept2 Indoor Rower (see worldrecordrow.com, he recently tweeted a link to a map created by Jo Mills showing his virtual journey around the globe - thought you might like to see it: dynamite-idea.com/wrr/
Read the full storyRoss RC Help Raise £1,400 At Charity Fun Day
Last Saturday 3 Junior members from Ross Rowing Club helped support a local charity event for the Forest of Dean Childrens Opportunity Centre.
It was well attended and many had a row supported and demonstrated by the Junior members, Megan Jephcote, Jess Boon and Sam Boon. The photo shows the race against the Army, the Fire Brigade and the Police 26 prizes were awarded with the top three winners being from the Army from 1 Rifles.
Read the full storyBirthday Row Sets 70+ Marathon Record
Congratulations to Hetta Morath, who last week on her 70th birthday completed her charity marathon row. She is the first British woman in the 70-79 age group to complete the row and therefore sets a British Record and breaks the World Record with her time of 3:43:07. However more importantly Hetta rowed the marathon in aid of the brain tumor charity Andrea's Gift and raised over £2,000.
Read the full storyJames Cracknell Takes On America
Fresh from placing the highest Brit ever in the Marathon des Sables earlier this year, and with a broken toe to boot, those of you who have followed the exploits of James Cracknell since he retired from competitive rowing might not be surprised to hear that he has a new challenge, and he's asking for all our support.
Starting this Thursday, July 15th on the Southern Californian west coast in Santa Monica James is taking on America. He is racing non-stop across the US to the Statue of Liberty in what may be his 'toughest challenge yet'!
Choosing four Olympic disciplines to complete the challenge this is the plan:
• Cycle 350 miles from Santa Monica to Death Valley National Park in Nevada
• Run 80 miles through Death Valley
• Cycle 2,500 miles from Death Valley to Toledo, Ohio on the western tip of Lake Erie
• Row 250 miles the length of Lake Erie from Toledo to Buffalo, New York
• Cycle 500 miles From Buffalo to New York City
• Swim 15 miles to the Statue of Liberty
Andy Ripley Prostate Cancer Charity T-Shirts
You will have recently heard the sad news that Andy Ripley OBE and former British and Irish Lion, England Rugby international, BBC Superstars champion, Boat Race trialist at the age of 50, indoor rowing champion and Tideway Scullers School President died at the age of 62 after a long battle with prostate cancer. Since first learning of his condition in 2005 Andy has campaigned tirelessly on behalf of the Prostate Cancer charity to raise money and awareness about this illness.
To show the high regard in which Andy was held by Tideway Scullers School and the rowing community in general TSS have had 500 t-shirts produced that are available for £10.00 per shirt. TSS will not receive any proceeds - this is entirely about the charity and showing support for Andy Ripley.
If you would like to purchase a t-shirt then please visit the Crew Room web site. Crew Rooms have kindly agreed to distribute them at no cost. Alternatively, please send an email to tshirt@tidewayscullers.com..
Read the full storyMutiple Record Breaking Ocean Rower
At the recent ocean rowing race prize giving, Ian Couch received his Guinness record certificate for the fastest double ocean crossing by rowing boat. His 2007 crossing of the Atlantic and 2009 crossing of the Indian Ocean were completed in a combined time of 95 days. The Indian Ocean crossing also earned him and his crew the record for the fastest row across that ocean. Additionally, Ian now holds the record for the fastest thousand nautical miles by a rowing boat, the first mixed team to cross the Indian Ocean and the first crossing of the Indian Ocean by a crew of eight rowers. As if that weren't enough, he's awaiting confirmation of the record for the fastest mixed team across the Atlantic Ocean and the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by a crew of twelve rowers following his recent adventure which saw him skipper Britannia III from the Canary Islands to Barbados earlier this year.
Ian has trained for all of his ocean rows using his own Concept2 model E.
"Concept2 has been the corner stone of my training for a number of years but particularly since becoming involved with ocean rowing. It is not always possible to get out on the water in an ocean boat and to put in the hours required to prepare for an ocean row but by having my Concept2 at home I can put in the hours required. Obviously training must be quality as well as quantity but in preparation for 30 something days at sea pushing for a speed record there has to be quite a lot of quantity to prepare the body for the demands of rowing hard two hours on two hours off!"
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